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Calda

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Joined February 2010
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Registrations are OPEN! Gqeberha hosts the 23rd National Oral History Conference this October. Five days. Many voices that deserve to be heard, remembered and carried forward. Details & registration below 👇🏾 #OralHistoryConference2026 #OHASA2026 #VoicesAcrossTimeAndSpace
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Best wishes to our KZNDSAC Comrades Marathon team as they take on the 2026 Up Run on 14 June. KwaZulu-Natal is behind you every step to Scottsville. Go conquer those Big 5 Hills. Bring home the medals! #Comrades2026 #SkaFelaMoya #UpRun #KZNDSAC #InspiringNewHope #Isukilekzn
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@SportArtsKZN celebrates Apollo Shezi as he embarks on his first Comrades Marathon. Run with pride, Sgananda, and make every kilometre a testament to your remarkable journey. #ComradesMarathon #Inspiringnewhope #Activewinningkzn
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What does it mean to be young when social and economic realities deny many the opportunity to experience youth fully? Join OHASA’s Youth Month Lecture with Dr. Xolani Sakuba as we reflect on youth, inequality, and the “economy of existence.”
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What does it mean to be young when social and economic realities deny many the opportunity to experience youth fully? Join OHASA’s Youth Month Lecture with Dr. Xolani Sakuba as we reflect on youth, inequality, and the “economy of existence.”
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📅 18 June 2026 | ⏰ 13:00–14:00 | 💻 Microsoft Teams #OHASA #YouthMonth #YouthMonth2026 #OralHistory #SocialJustice
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🌍 Join OHASA for the inaugural lecture in our Africa Day Lecture Series! “Remembering Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: Language and the Politics of Decolonial Life” presented by Prof. Munyaradzi Mushonga (UFS). 📅 25 May 2026 ⏰ 13h00–14h00 💻 Microsoft Teams
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#AfricaDay #OHASA #OralHistory #Decoloniality #NgugiWaThiongo #AfricanScholarship #Heritage #Archives #KnowledgeProduction #SouthAfrica #PublicHistory #DecolonialStudies
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📣 Call for Abstracts: 23rd Oral History Association of South Africa | Deadline = 1 May 2026 #CallForAbstracts #AcademicTwitter #OralHistory #PublicHistory #Archives #MemoryStudies #AfricanScholarship #Decolonisation #SouthAfrica #EasternCape
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Call for Abstracts | 23rd National Oral History Conference, 12-16 October 2026 The Oral History Association of South Africa invites submissions for its 2026 conference: “Voices Across Time and Space: Oral Histories of Resistance, Collaboration and Resilience.”
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🔗 Submission link: forms.gle/qUbTuoet7KfScvhy7
VOICES ACROSS TIME AND SPACE: ORAL HISTORIES OF RESISTANCE, COLLABORATION AND RESILIENCE

VOICES ACROSS TIME AND SPACE: ORAL HISTORIES OF RESISTANCE, COLLABORATION AND RESILIENCE

Deadline: 1 May 2026

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We call on Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and @HealthZA to publish strong warning label regulations as soon as possible. We can’t afford any more delays. It’s been 10 years! #ChildProtectionWeek #FOPL. Add your name to the petition here: awethu.amandla.mobi/petition…
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Don’t delay strong warning label regulations

In South Africa, confusing and overly technical nutritional information is buried at the back of the tins, boxes, and bottles we buy at the store. But Front-Of-Pack Warning Labels would provide...

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Coco Gauff: "I'm not going to apologise for the way that my hair looks because there are other girls who have the exact same hair as me. "My hair was good enough for a high fashionable brand like Miu Miu. If my hair is good enough for that, then yours is too." Right on! 👏🏾👏🏾
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📚 Book Launch | Christian Faith and Namibian Liberation by Christian A. Williams. 🗓 10 April 2026 🕑 14:00–15:30 📍 UFS Archives, Room 109 💻 MS Teams (see link on Facebook) A powerful conversation on faith, history & liberation in Southern Africa.
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🔗facebook.com/share/p/1DfEdzH… #BookLaunch #AfricanScholarship #Namibia #Decolonisation #UFS #Archives
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NEW SHOW: 'The Trials Of Winnie Mandela' A seven-part documentary series, directed by the late, two-time Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Mandy Jacobson. The series unfolds from the perspective of Madikizela-Mandela’s granddaughters, HRH Princess Zaziwe Manaway (née Dlamini) and HRH Princess Swati Mandela-Dlamini, who is also credited as a producer, as they set out to find the essence of their iconic grandmother. Produced by Indelible Media and The African Oral History Archive with Ivor Ichikowitz, Mandy Jacobson and John Nyoka serving as Executive Producers. Premieres 26 April 2026 on Netflix. #KgopoloReports #TheTrialsOfWinnieMandela
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📢 Call for Submissions Tell Your Mother’s Story (Vol. Nine) Theme: Three Decades of Democracy, Before and Beyond… The Oral History Association of South Africa (OHASA) invites scholarly and reflective contributions documenting the lived experiences of African women.
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Submissions may include: • Personal biographies • Communal histories • Thematic analyses of gendered experiences 📝 ±900 words | 📸 Visuals required | 👤 Author bio (50 words) 📅 Deadline: 27 April 2026 📧 [email protected]
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#OralHistory #AfricanStudies #WomensHistory #SouthAfrica #AcademicTwitter #CallForPapers #Research #GenderStudies #Archives
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